听力练习

【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料，致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高，致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。

精听建议：
先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍，争取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精听，力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方，再听写。

下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单，不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦，有些语速比较快。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

（参考文本，欢迎指出错误^^）

It’s been what almost three weeks now? Almost two weeks and about four hours now. Sorry, two weeks and four hours, ok. What kind of reaction are you ___1___; does anyone ___2___ you shouldn’t be doing this to the poor goldfish? You know there are some comments on this website, ditto. You know what I’m doing is sort of cruel and inhumane; I think that’s probably fair to accuse me of…. That’s said these goldfish were purchased from a pet store that usually sell them to folks who are gonna ___3___. You named one of the goldfish after the mayor and another one after the city councilman who’s kind of in charge of rivers,___4___ rivers. That’s right, but they both don’t seem to mind, which is a good thing. Because that night before the story initially ran, I kind of tip one last look at the, my computer screen, they basically said I'm gonna ___5___ tomorrow.

词汇解析

1.reaction [ri(:)'ækʃən]

n. 反应

例句与用法:
A reactor is a container for chemical reaction.
反应器是进行化学反应的容器。
Running away is our instinctive reaction when we meet danger.
遇到危险时，我们的本能反应就是跑开。

2.call up

n. 召唤(召集,使人想起,打电话给,应征入伍,提出议案)

例句与用法:
Forgive me so early to call up you please.
请原谅我这么早给你打电话。
She can still call up scenes of childhood.
她仍能想起儿时的情景。

3.accuse [ə'kju:z]

v. 责备,控告

例句与用法:
He was accused of incompetence.
他被指责为不称职。

4.in charge of

负责,主管

例句与用法:
The woman in charge of the accounts department is an absolute dragon!
会计科那个女科长是个十足的母夜叉!
You're responsible to whoever is in charge of sales.
你要向主管销售的人负责.

5.fix up

vt. 安排(安顿,决定,解决)

例句与用法:
I can fix up you with a used car.
我可以为你提拱一辆旧车。
Can you fix up my radio?
你能把我的收音机修好吗？

6.initially [i'niʃəli]

adv. 最初,开头

例句与用法:
A low-power, wide-angle telescope fixed to the body of a more powerful telescope and pointed in the same direction for initially locating an object to be observed.
寻星镜一种低功率大视野的望远镜，附加在一台较大的望远镜上，为开始标出被观察的物体位置而指向同一方向
Initially the contract will be in effect for... years.
最初契约的有效期为。。。年。
She came initially to spend a few days, but in the end she stayed for a whole month.
起先她只打算来待几天，但後来却住了整整一个月。